The BBC Shares Neil Gaiman’s Tribute To Terry Pratchett

In 2015 we lost one of the great fantasy writers of our time in Sir Terry Pratchett and now we’re being given a chance to hear what his long time friend and collaborator Neil Gaiman said in tribute to such a great man. While Gaiman’s tribute had originally been “published as an introduction to Terry Pratchett’s 2014 non-fiction collection A Slip of the Keyboard,” this is the first time you can both see and hear it.

While sprinkled with a bit of their style of humor, it is quite a bit more moving than just reading it in print.

This tribute was given in April of last year when both friends and colleagues gathered for a memorial service for this iconic storyteller.

Not only were the two friends but they co-wrote one of my favorite books of all time together in the 1990 release of ‘Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter.’ The Novel is currently being adapted into an Amazon series by Gaiman.

You can watch the moving tribute right here:

While that did bring a few laughs out, if you’ll excuse me for a moment I believe that I have something in my eye. Clearly, this is a friendship that Gaiman will sorely miss.

Do you feel that Neil Gaiman did a perfect tribute to Sir Terry Pratchett? Will the upcoming televised version of ‘Good Omens’ be a continued tribute toe Pratchett? Share your thoughts below on the loss of such an amazing creator.

Stuart Conover is an author, blogger, and all around geek. When not busy being a father and husband he tries to spend as much time as possible immersed in comic books, science fiction, and horror! Would you like to know more? Follow him on Twitter!

Stuart Conover

Stuart Conover is a father, husband, blogger, published author, geek, entrepreneur, editor of Horror Tree, horror fanatic, science fiction junkie, lives in a world of comics, and a casual gamer (all of this when his wife lets him of course.) He fell in love with science fiction and horror at the same time while watching the movie Alien at probably far too young of an age while still being extremely impressionable and has been happily obsessed with both since! Around the same time, he had also developed an unhealthy addiction to comic books that continues to this day!Want to talk about anything geeky? Reach out on Twitter - @StuartConover